Mekahlo Medina
Reporter/Anchor @NBCLA | @latinojournosCA Exec Director | @NAHJ Nat’l President 2014-16, first LGBTQ president| | Email tips [email protected]
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5 days ago |
nbclosangeles.com | Mekahlo Medina
It started Monday with fewer cargo ships coming from China. By the end of this week, it's meant fewer jobs. "Just today, we had some what north of 235 members who sought work but were not able to get it," said Sal DiContanza, port liaison for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. "It's beginning to manifest itself as a real loss of jobs and income from our members."DiContanza believes it's impacting mostly part time workers now but fears it will impact full time workers soon.
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6 days ago |
nbclosangeles.com | Mekahlo Medina
Peruvian Catholics in Long Beach thought Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope was a long shot. "Not in a million years," said Cynthia Carreiro, a Peruvian-American Catholic who co-owns Alli Kaphiy in Long Beach's Bixby Knolls neighborhood. "I had a list of my top 10. I didn't have him as part of that.
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1 week ago |
nbcsandiego.com | Mekahlo Medina
As the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this week begin to feel the impact of tariffs imposed on foreign goods by the Trump administration, a reduction in traffic and cargo was visible at the busiest ports in the U.S. on Monday. Port officials said traffic is down nearly half at the two Southern California ports, signaling that there are fewer products now in LA from China and that there will be fewer jobs. "We are at a point of inflection.
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1 week ago |
nbclosangeles.com | Mekahlo Medina |Helen Jeong
As the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this week begin to feel the impact of tariffs imposed on foreign goods by the Trump administration, a reduction in traffic and cargo was visible at the busiest ports in the U.S. on Monday. Port officials said traffic is down nearly half at the two Southern California ports, signaling that there are fewer products now in LA from China and that there will be fewer jobs. "We are at a point of inflection.
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1 week ago |
nbclosangeles.com | Helen Jeong |Mekahlo Medina
Undocumented immigrants will soon no longer be eligible to apply for a popular federal home loan program as authorities are requiring applicants to have permanent residency in the U.S.The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans are government-insured mortgages that have paved a way for lower-income people to buy a home, including those with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.
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